In this article, I’ll outline specific tips for working with EAs - whether it’s your first time bringing one on board, or you’re looking to better leverage the EAs you already work with.
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Learning how to delegate effectively is perhaps the single most important skill that folks need to develop in order to transition into a leadership role, and yet, many are reluctant to embrace it.
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Any time your highest-leverage people are spending time on routine tasks that could be performed by someone else, it’s not only a loss for the company, but it’s limiting that person’s ability to reach their full potential. Fundamentally, you want your best people working on the highest value projects for your company. I think support staff is one of the most under-utilized resources available to every startup. Notably, our EA pool is available to everyone on the team, regardless of seniority - and we encourage everyone to make use of them. Currently, Levels is a team of 47 people, and we have 12 outsourced EAs. When it came to adding EAs to Levels, we took a different approach. I’m also obsessive about tracking my time and optimizing how I’m spending each day as an early-stage startup CEO.
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But there isn’t all that much tactical information out there on how to specifically work with EAs - often, it’s just something leaders are expected to know how to do.Īs a four-time founder and now CEO at Levels, I’ve worked with all sorts of EAs in the past and I’ve learned a lot of lessons the hard way. When leveraged correctly, an EA can be one of the most important tools in a startup team’s arsenal - freeing up space to focus on the thorniest challenges facing the business. Another common pitfall I see is early-stage, scrappy founding teams that think it’s too premature to bring on board someone with this skill set. I know dozens of founders who have worked with an Executive Assistant (EA) and stopped after a few months because they couldn’t figure out how to make effective use of the resource - often writing off EAs altogether. He is a four-time founder.ĭelegation is a superpower. Sam Corcos is the co-founder and CEO of Levels, a biowearable company that shows you how food affects your health using real-time biological data.
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